Adjustable curtain and shade holder.



No. 731,544. I PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903. J. B. GASADY.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH.

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UNITED STATES Patented 31111523, 1903.

EEICE,

PATENT JAMES B. OASADY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 731,544, dated. June23, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, JAMES B. CAsADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Ourtain'andShade Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use, thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and totheletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in extensible curtain and shadeholders;and its primary object is to provide a simple and efiicientmeans of support for curtains and shades that is light and durablein itsconstruction and may be easily folded in a compact form and that may bereadily adjusted in width to adapt it to be secured to a window-frame ofany desired size.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective view of my invention asit appears when secured to the window-frame in position to receive thecurtain and shade, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the adjustable barof my device and shows the manner in which the same is secured andretained in rigid adjustment.

Proceeding to describe in detail the invention, A A represent flatadjustable strips having their outer ends bent to form tongues and beinginterposed between and secured to the rear and upper portions of thebrackets B B by the bolts h h, which pass through suitable aperturesprovided in said tongues and brackets. Each of the said strips A and Ahas at its inner end the sleeve 2', which is adapted to fit over orsurround and slide upon the adjacent strip, and thus form alongitudinally- Either one or both of the sleeves 2' i may be providedwith a threaded aperture to receive and permit the bindingscrew d tobear against the adjacent sliding strip, and thus hold the same rigidlyin a given position of adjustment.

On the rear of and near the outer tongued ends of the bars A A, I rivetor secure in any suitable manner the ears 0 c, which are provided withinverted-V-shaped slots to adapt Serial No. 100,144. (No model.)

them to receive the heads of screws or nails secured in thewindow-frame, and thus provide means for hanging the device thereto insuch manner as to make its removal easy and simple.

l) I) represent hearings or journals provided in theoutwardly-projecting portions of the bracketsB B, in which the curtain-pole, which comprises the rod e and the tubular telescopingsection e, is adapted to be looselyinserted, thus providing means forpreventing the said curtain-pole from being displaced from said bracketsby reason of anyjar or pulling of the curtain thereto attached. Theouter ends of the said parts a and e of the curtainpole are formed withballs or enlarged portionsff, which are adapted to abut against theouter faces of the journals 1) b of the brackets BBand limit the inwardmovement of the said parts 6 and e therein. It will be obvious that byhaving the said parts of the curtain-pole mounted loosely in the saidjournals they may be easily withdrawn, and thereby greatly facilitatethe adjustment of the curtain thereon.

It will be noticed that one of the brackets B B near its central portionis provided with an aperture g, which forms a bearing or box for thereception of one of the ends of ashaderoller or pole, and the otherbracket is provided with a vertical elongated slot g to permit of theother end of said shade-roller being dropped therein and has its lowerportion enlarged to form a suitable bearing-surface for the said roller.

It is obvious that this device when properly adjusted to the size of thewindow to which it is to be attached is hung upon suitable supportssecured in the Window-casing for that purpose, the bearings of thewindowshade roller are mounted in the aperture g and the slot g, and thecurtain is draped upon the rod or pole formed by the sections e and e-.It will also be apparent that this device can be easily taken apart andfolded in a compact form for shipping or packing the same away.

It will of course be understood that I have merely described theperferred form of c011- struction of my adjustable curtain andshadeholder and that the same may be varied in its construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of thenumerous advantages arising therefrom.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an adjustable curtain and draperyholder, the combination, with a pair of brackets, an adjustablebarinterposed between and secured to said brackets, a telescopingcurtain-rod, a series of cars having inverted-V- shaped slots secured tosaid bar, and bearings provided in the central portion of said bracketsfor the reception of the ends of a shade-roller, of the bearings 19, bprovided at the outer extremity of said brackets and adapted to receivesaid telescoping curtainrod and retain the same in rigid lateralrelation to said brackets.

JAMES B. CASADY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. WEITZEL, JULIUs BARTH.

